I’m looking to change jobs and I want some programming qualifications so I want to know what I should study and get a certificate in, in order to give me good job prospects. Would it be something like Java or Html5…what about OCPJP? Oracle certified professional java programmer. Or should I do somthing Microsoft related? I don’t have a huge background in IT that’s why I don’t know what to do..I will be a beginner to most languages.
I live in London, does anyone know any good training centres?
Re: What is the best programming language to learn for a good job/money?
I would say learn basic languages first such as HTML,C++,JavaScript,SQL. Later, it would be easy for you to understand other languages such as JAVA. Do learn it , it is the main language to be learned.
Are you studying IT or you just want to learn it on your own? There are few online websites available to learn Java, I haven’t experienced myself but you might give it a try. Check this NO_DATA_FOUND
Re: What is the best programming language to learn for a good job/money?
I have done some HTML, JavaScript, Visual Basic, MySQl, crystal reports, I did most of this at uni...I was okay at it..not great...VB/java script was my favourite. So do I have the basis for Java? Is java the language to know for the best paid jobs? Is java difficult? Or should I be looking at python or somthing?
I don't want to learn on my own...I want to do a proper course somewhere?
Re: What is the best programming language to learn for a good job/money?
Ok so you already know HTML and Javascript which is good enough for client end programming . . . try learning CSS with it .
Now you need to learn for server side programming . I’ll suggest that you should go for PHP . Couple of reasons for that . . .
1 . Its not difficult
2. Its a scripting language so you won’t need any compiler for it .
3. Its FREE
4. Its widely used by all the current CMS systems .i.e. Magento , Joomla , Wordpress etc etc .
5. You’ll be able to find a lot of jobs for it
6. Plenty of help and documentation available for it
To get started on a windows machine you can install WAMP (WampServer, the web development platform on Windows - Apache, MySQL, PHP) and you’ll get Apache, MySQL and PHP installed and configured . . . ready for any sort of web development . I’ll suggest that you should grab a good book about it and start following it.
Re: What is the best programming language to learn for a good job/money?
Agreed with Namaan.HTML and CSS are for web developing, start it with the web developing , this way you 'll improve HTML,CSS and JavaScript. Once, you get done with this, get to the next level ,learn Java. Learning these languages step by step 'll make it easier and give you less headache.
Re: What is the best programming language to learn for a good job/money?
If you like java go with java. You wouldnt be able to learn much with these scripting languages. My recommendation would be to do some diploma or cert from some college or uni. C/C++ is very good to learn the core concepts and to get a good handle on the basics. 7/10 IT job advertisements are .NET related so you want to stick to Microsoft related technologies for better opportunities.